-- [applause] -- before he became a member of the senate. former -- current -- current, this is the brave man here, current senator john mccain, republican. who -- who again served in our military, served in the house, served in the senate. of course, was the republican nominee for president. you have already met governor schwarzenegger. i toll him -- i told governor schwarzenegger that in fact the context for miss universe is considerably harder then the contest for mr. universe. but he is, of course, our former california governor and convener here at this wonderful institute, which is going hold so much promise. former governor house member and member of the cabinet tom ridge, republican from pennsylvania. [applause] and also distinguished member of the military. and former house member governor and member of the cabinet democrat bill richardson of new mexico. [applause] and i'm going to join these gentlemen now. i toll them if they all sat down first, i would be able to figure out which one was my chair. [laughter] and so governor schwarzenegger, you talk about post partisanship. but i ha
